PhD Student: FPGA Acceleration (R1)

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PhD Student: FPGA Acceleration (R1)

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Offer DescriptionContext And MissionThe Accelerators and Communications for HPC Group leads cutting-edge research and development around accelerators/coprocessors in HPC and high-performance networking. We collaborate closely with the major vendors in the topic for HPC (NVIDIA, Intel, Huawei). We organize locally international events such as the PUMPS+AI Summer School, Courses on CUDA/OpenACC, and annual hackathons, and collaborate in the organization of related international conferences and workshops such as SC, IEEE Cluster, or AsHES.The group has been recently awarded one of the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants:We are looking to cover a PhD Student positions to work on use of FPGA-based accelerators applied to Homomorphically Encrypted Deep Learning Inference. Prospective candidates may take a look at the following paper to get an initial idea of our focus:Group Web Page:Key Duties

• Drive research in the above-mentioned topic, under the supervision of the Group Manager and the mentorship of a postdoctoral researcher
• Present papers in international conferences
• Integrate this work in the overall ERC project developments, collaborating with the team of international researchers and research engineers

RequirementsResearch Field Computer science » Computer systems Education Level Master Degree or equivalentSpecific Requirements

• Education

• MS in a CS-related field
• Competitive GPAs
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience

• Good level of C/C++ programming
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience

• Previous FPGA experience is not mandatory but will be valued
• Previous professional experience is not required
• Competences

• Good English Level
• Teamwork
• Ability to develop own ideas from general guidelines

Additional InformationBenefits

• The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department
• We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
• Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
• Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
• Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
• Starting date: ASAP

Work Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación Country Spain State/Province Catalonia City Barcelona Postal Code 08034 Street Plaça Eusebi Güell 1-3Where to apply WebsiteContact State/ProvinceCatalonia CityBarcelona WebsiteStreetc/ Jordi Girona nº31 Postal Code08034 E-Maildavid.estepa@bsc.esSTATUS: EXPIRED

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Location

Barcelona

Job date

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:19:42 GMT

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